Adventure is the sign of a healthy mind. For years now, I have believed that adventure and exploration makes you happier, healthier and smarter. A positive mental attitude begins with a positive physical attitude. I call it Mind-Ups; thinking with your feet.

Exercise is exercise; a total body experience. No “mind-body conundrum.”

Challenging yourself to push into the unknown, exploring and exercising all with the tangential goal of increasing your gray matter, is finally gaining a growing acceptance in the medical community.

Now in a report featured on CNN, scientists believe that Cholesterol levels are tied to increased risk for dementia. The final quote of the report is the most tell-tale.

“What’s good for your heart is good for your brain,” said Rachel Whitmer, research scientist at Kaiser Permanente and senior author of the study. “That really captures all the timely messages about dementia science.”